Fattoria di Fiorano winery
At number 34 of Via di Fioranello in Rome , the city of art par excellence, there is one of the legendary Italian wineries. Legendary is for the mammoth quality of the long-lived wines that cannot be found except in the treasuries of private collectors, produced by the noble Roman prince Alberico Boncompagni Ludovisi in the 1950s. Born from the union of two historical families that over the centuries had given the Catholic world two popes, Boncompagni Ludovisi is a noble Roman family that has always owned many lands in the capital, concentrated in the north especially around the Pinciano (Via Veneto, Via Ludovisi) and to the south on the Via Appia Antica. Prince Alberico , having inherited the properties of Fiorano , moves away from the 'princely' and worldly life and devotes himself to his passion: agriculture, with great wisdom and an impressive cultural background behind him. Analyzing the soils of the estates together with the oenologist Giuseppe Palieri , Alberico decides to plant Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and S millon, vines unknown in the Roman area at that time. Thus the labels of Fiorano Rosso, Fiorano Bianco and Fiorano Semillon are born from volcanic soils, and in close collaboration with another epic character of Italian enology, Tancredi Biondi Santi, unique and rare wines that immediately become a myth to be chased after even the very limited quantity produced. Both the vineyard and the farm with wheat, vegetables and the breeding of cows are under organic management, a far-sighted choice by Alberico , against the trend of the large-scale spread of pesticides in those years. More than a choice, a creed.